The Hawthorne Meadow Trust

Analysis

The Hawthorne Meadow Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, accommodation/housing, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hawthorne Meadow Trust reported income of £73k and spending of £45k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,124 to £73k (+794%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 5402%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Hawthorne Meadow Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lotus Children's Centre Charitable Trust (£72k), Worth Matravers Village Hall (£73k) and King George V Memorial Houses (£72k).